Foldable receptacle-form.



R. STYRAFFORD-COLUNS.

FOLDABLE RECEPTACLE FORM- APPLICATION FILED JAN. 26. I918.

Patented Feb.11,,1919.

INVENTOR ATTORNEY sT ns PA EN OFFICE.

nonnn'r sTnAFroRn-ooLLINs, or nnmnunsr, NEW YORK.

To all whom it may concern) Be it known that I, RoBERr'STRArroRa COLLI S, a citizen of Canada, residing in the city of Elmhur'st, county of Queens, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Foldable Receptacle-Forms, of which the following is a full,'clear, and exact specification.

My. invention relates to a form capable of bein folded into a receptacle and, refers, particularly to a form foldable into a crossshap ed receptacle.

The device of my invention may be com- A posed of paper, card-board, metal or other material suitable for the production of receptacles and is of the general form and construction as shown in the accompanying drawings, in which similar parts are designated by similar numerals.

Figure 1 is a plan view of my device.

- Fig. 2 is. a top plan view of my device partially folded.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of my device in folded form.

Fig. 4 is a side plan view in the direction of arrow 4 of Fig. 3.

The form of my invention, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, comprises a member 1-23-4-5. Integral with the member 1 are the members 6 and 7, the former carrying the tongue 8 and the latter having the opening 9. Integral with the one arm of the member 2 is the member 10, integral with which are the members 11 and 12, the former having the openin l3 and the latter carrying the ton e 14. nte a1 with the opposite arm of t e member 2 1s the member 15, integral withlwhich are the members 16 and 17, the former carrying the tongue 18 and the latter having the opening 19. Integral with the member 2 are the members 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 and 27. Integral with the member 3 are the members 28 and 29, the former having the opening 30 and the latter carrying the tongue 31. Integral with the member 4 are the members 33 and 34 and also the members 35, 36, 37, 38, 39,

the device, if desired. The'various tongues are of such a size and shape as to be msertible through the various openings and to lock together the respeetlve members.

., angle along the line A B,

folded along the line C-D, member '1 is Y folded along "Onemethod of follows g V V Meinbers'3, 4 and 5 are folded at a right member 10'is folding the device. is as the line E F and member 15 is folded along the line G-I-I.' The members 28, 12, 11, 6, 7, 16 and 17 are then folded inwardly at right angles to form the indented sides and the tongues 14, 8, 18 and 31 inserted through the adjacent openings 30, 13, 9 and 19. If the member 4 be then bent outwardly along the line KL, the device will have the form shown in Fig. 2. If now the members 20, 21, 22,

Specification of Letters Patent. :Patented-Feb. 11,1919. Application filed January 26,1918; Serial No. 213,939. i

23, 24, 25, 26 and 27 be folded upwardly along their scored lines, the member 4 be folded along the line KL over the top of 'the device and the members 35, 36, 37, 38,

39, 40, 41, 42, 33, 34 and 5 be folded downwardly along their scored lines, the device will have the form shownin top plan view of Fig. 3 and side plan view of Fig. 4. The various triangular shaped members and members 33, 34 and '5 may be pasted to the sides upon which they abut, thus forming a rigid box of the shape indicated.

From the above it is shown that the member 12-341015-3 forms the to bottom and extended sides of the receptac e,

the members 12, 11, 6, 7, 16, 17, 29 and 28 form the indented sides of the receptacle, the corner members 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 35,36, 37, 3s, 39, 40, 41nd 42 are each folded against an indented side, the members 33, 34 and 5 are each foldable against an extended side, the member2 forms the bottom of the receptacle, the member 4 forms the top of the receptacle and the members 10, 1, 15 and 3 form the extended sides.

As the side members 1, 15, 3 and 10 with their'integral members, are two-thirds the width of the width of the bottom member 2, the box will be two-thirds as high as it is wide at the top and bottom. I518 evident It is further evident that. each of the members may be produced separately and folded and my invention and claims cover a construction of this character;-

be varied Without going beyond" thesco'pe of my invention as describedandclaimed. What I claim is 4 1. A blankcomprising a sheet of material capable; of being folded to form a fourarmed cross-shaped receptacle in Which the' top and bottom are parallel to each other, the ends of the opposite arms are parallel to each other and the opposite sides of each Copies of this patentmaybe obtained 16:

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arm are parallel to each other and means carried by the blank for maintaining the sheet: iiiits folded position.

2. A blank comprising a sheet of material having extended tongues and openings ca- I do not limit myself to the particular -size, shape, numberor arrangement of parts as described and'shown all of Which may pable of receiving said tongues, capable of being folded to form a fOlll' ilr med c'ro'ssshaped receptacle in which the top and bottom" are parallel to each other, the ends of the opposite arms are parallel to each other and the opposite sides of'e'ach arm are parallel" to each other.

New York and State, of New York this ROBERT sTRAFFoRD-ooLLms;

fie 'c ms eaen} b? mmessm ithe cbmmsmner rriienu, Washington, Ci 7 

